title: The NADP+-linked glutamate dehydrogenase from Trypanosoma cruzi: sequence, genomic organization and expression.
abstract: NADP-linked glutamate dehydrogenase (NADP+-GluDH, EC 1.4.1.4) has been purified to homogeneity from epimastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi by an improved procedure, and the amino acid sequences of 11 internal peptides obtained by digestion with trypsin, endopeptidase Lys-C, endopeptidase Arg-C or CNBr have been obtained. Using oligonucleotide primers synthesized according to the amino acid sequence of the N-terminus of the mature enzyme and to the nucleotide sequence of a clone corresponding to the C-terminus, obtained by immunological screening of an expression library, two complete open reading frames (TcGluDH1 and TcGluDH2) were isolated and sequenced. The sequences obtained are most similar to that of the NADP+-GluDH of Escherichia coli (70-72% identity), and less similar (50-56%) to those of lower eukaryotes. Using TcGluDH1 as a probe, evidence for the presence of several genes and developmental regulation of the expression of NADP+-GluDH in different parasite stages was obtained. TcGluDH1 encodes an enzymically active protein, since its expression in E. coli resulted in the production of a GluDH activity with kinetic parameters similar to those of the natural enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas, Universidad Nacional de General San Martín. Av. General Paz y Albarellos, Casilla de Correo 30, 1650 San Martín, Prov. de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barderi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Campetella
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Frasch
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Santomé
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hellman
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Pettersson
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cazzulo
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D018086:Glutamate Dehydrogenase (NADP+) / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D018086:Glutamate Dehydrogenase (NADP+)